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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "This Tool Is Life?"
(a) Junichiro Tanizaki.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) Lu Hsun.
(d) Natalia Ginzburg.

2. When was Junichiro Tanizaki born?
(a) 30 B.C.
(b) 1052 A.D.
(c) 342 A.D.
(d) 1886 A.D.

3. Who wrote "Going Out for a Walk?"
(a) Seneca.
(b) Max Beerbohm.
(c) G. K. Chesterton.
(d) Ou-Yank Hsiu.

4. About how many essay collections and books did G. K. Chesterton write in his lifetime?
(a) Ninety.
(b) Three.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Two-hundred.

5. What is the subject of "Such, Such Were the Joys..."?
(a) A town flood.
(b) An account of time spent in preparatory school.
(c) A humorous "adventure" of chasing a lost piece of chalk.
(d) Joy taken in the littlest and simplest things.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a well-known story written by Robert Louis Stevenson?

2. Who wrote "The Death of the Moth?"

3. Which is NOT one of the subjects written about by George Orwell?

4. What is Jose Luis Borges' attitude in "Blindness?"

5. What death did M.F.K. Fisher have to endure that she writes about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two works of G. K. Chesterton are included in this volume? What are the subjects of these essays?

2. What style is James Thurber known for? What was a common theme in Thurber's writing?

3. What are the particulars of Ivan Turgenev's "The Execution of Tropmann"?

4. What tone is Max Beerbohm famous for in his essays?

5. What is the subject of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Crack-Up?" What extended metaphor does he use?

6. What is the subject of Krim's "For My Brothers and Sisters in the Failure Business"? What feelings does Krim express in the essay?

7. How did Virginia Woolf's personal background impact her work?

8. What is the subject of E.B. White's "Once More to the Lake"? What is the message White relays about the state of the lake?

9. What tone does Mary McCarthy use in "My Confession?" How does she approach herself as well as the subjects of her essays?

10. Describe Walter Benjamin's unfortunate end. How does his essay "Unpacking My Library" relate to this tragic end?

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